Maybe I haven’t reached home yet, so I didn’t send him a message.

Xu Yanfeng put down his phone and prepared to go to the bathroom to take a shower. He took two steps, stepped back, picked up his phone and took it to the bathroom.

*

Xia Xi's car was parked in the parking lot of the high-speed rail station. After getting off the high-speed rail, he drove directly home.

When she entered, the room was quiet and the lights were on. She bent down, held her bag in her arms, changed her shoes quietly, went upstairs, slipped into the room, closed the door gently, then stood up, leaned against the door and let out a long breath.

That night, she felt like a special forces soldier. Although she didn't do much, she felt exhausted and her spirits were constantly high. The second before she collapsed on the bed, she remembered that she had been in a car and her clothes were dirty, so she had to slide down and sit on the carpet.

With his back against the bed, his head tilted back and resting on the bed, he held up his cell phone in both hands and called Xu Yanfeng.

He said he would take it.

After dialing the number, Xia Xi looked at the ceiling and counted silently in his mind: one, two, three, four...

Just after counting four numbers, the other end picked up the phone. Xu Yanfeng's deep voice penetrated his ears through the receiver in the middle of the night: "Hello?"

Xia Xi raised the corner of her lips, put the phone away, rubbed her numb ear, and then put the phone to her ear again. Suddenly, she said without a word, "Xu Yanfeng, you've made progress."

Xu Yanfeng: “?”

Xia Xi said: "Four seconds, the fastest record for you answering my call."

Xu Yanfeng was silent for a moment, then got back to the point: "Are you home?"

"Just arrived." Xia Xi's voice was clear, but she spoke slowly. "I'm sitting on the carpet in my room thinking about it. I don't even know how I got to South City and back. My head feels so dizzy, like I'm drunk."

Xu Yanfeng said "hmm", as long as she got home safely.

Xia Xi hadn't finished what she wanted to say: "I seem to have heard that after doing something exciting, there will be a withdrawal reaction. Is this what I'm experiencing a withdrawal reaction?"

Xu Yanfeng: "I don't know."

Xia Xi stood up with her elbows on the edge of the bed, chatted with Xu Yanfeng while finding her pajamas, walked to the bathroom, put her phone on speaker on the sink, put her hair up, and removed her makeup in front of the mirror.

After washing her face, she turned on the shower and adjusted the water temperature.

Xu Yanfeng listened to her chattering without interrupting her. Suddenly, he heard the sound of dripping water. He was stunned for a moment, realizing that something was wrong, and asked, "What are you doing?"

Xia Xi smiled and said frankly: "Take a shower."

Xu Yanfeng: “…”

Was she planning on having him listen to her taking a bath?